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UK food hygiene · Harborough

Harborough.
792 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Harborough with its official FSA hygiene rating. 93.1% score a 5. 0 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.91
Avg FSA
666
venues scored 5/5
0
scored 0 or 1

Harborough food hygiene in one minute

  • 792 food venues tracked in Harborough, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.91 out of 5 across 715 rated venues.
  • 666 venues scored 5/5 (93.1%).
  • 0 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Harborough in context

Harborough runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.91 across 715 rated venues.

93.1% of Harborough venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

Within Harborough itself, the typical retailers - other averages 4.8/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 5.0/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Harborough scores

715 rated · 77 awaiting
5
666 venues
93.1%
4
35 venues
4.9%
3
13 venues
1.8%
2
1 venues
0.1%
1
0 venues
0.0%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.

  • 2

    John Ross Butchers And Deli

    Retailers - other · LE16 7NB

    Sept 2025

  • 3

    The Sandwich Shop (MH)

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · LE16 7DT

    Sept 2025

  • 3

    Marcus Stevens Butchers Shop

    Retailers - other · LE17 5BS

    Sept 2025

  • 3

    Mediterranean Deli And Farm Shop

    Retailers - other · LE8 0QF

    Jul 2025

  • 3

    Red Hot Curry Pot

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · LE16 9BZ

    May 2025

  • 3

    Queens Head

    stale · 18mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LE8 0QT

    Nov 2024

  • 3

    Cinnamon Lounge

    stale · 18mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LE16 9HD

    Nov 2024

  • 3

    Mace

    stale · 18mo

    Retailers - other · LE9 6PW

    Nov 2024

  • 3

    Cheikho's Trattoria

    stale · 20mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LE17 4AW

    Sept 2024

  • 3

    Sunargow Tandoori Restaurant

    stale · 21mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LE9 6RE

    Aug 2024

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

Overdue inspection

Harborough venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

  • ?

    Lovely Jubbly

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · LE8

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Market Harborough Methodist Church

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · LE16 9HE

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Main Chemist

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE9 6RD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Lutterworth Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE17 4EB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Lutterworth Ford

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LE17 4LT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Lutterworth Cricket Club

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Harborough.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

167 venues in Harborough

4.9
avg score

Retailers - other

106 venues in Harborough

4.8
avg score

Other catering premises

103 venues in Harborough

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

87 venues in Harborough

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

77 venues in Harborough

5.0
avg score

School/college/university

60 venues in Harborough

5.0
avg score

Caring Premises

58 venues in Harborough

5.0
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

53 venues in Harborough

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Harborough.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Harborough, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Harborough?

RatingCafe tracks 792 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Harborough, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Harborough?

The average FSA hygiene score across Harborough is 4.91 out of 5. 93.1% of rated venues score a 5, and 0 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Harborough venues failed their FSA inspection?

Harborough currently has 0 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Harborough are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Harborough hygiene data?

All Harborough ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Across the UK

Other cities on RatingCafe.

All cities

Birmingham

10,108 venues

4.29 avg

Leeds

7,251 venues

4.67 avg

North Yorkshire

6,975 venues

4.78 avg

Glasgow

6,528 venues

4.6 avg

Manchester

6,452 venues

4.5 avg

Somerset

6,027 venues

4.84 avg

Highland

5,792 venues

4.56 avg

Westminster

5,561 venues

4.45 avg
Primary sources

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RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Harborough data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.